04x08 - Trucks" "Rusty Helps Peter Sam

[bunniefuu]

(whimsical music)

("Thomas the t*nk

Engine Theme Song")

- [Narrator] Every day where

the little engines work,

the crisp air is suddenly

filled with a familiar noise.

The lakes and mountains

have many visitors,

and Harold the

Helicopter flies the sky

making sure that no

one is in trouble.

(helicopter whirring)

- All present and correct.

Time to return to base.

- [Narrator] Then Harold

noticed something.

A sturdy diesel was coming

'round the mountain.

(lighthearted music)

Harold flew lower for

a closer inspection.

- I'm Harold, who are you?

- [Narrator] "I'm Rusty",

replied the diesel.

- Don't recall

seeing you before.

What brings you this way?

- [Narrator] "Sir

Topham Hatt sent me

to help the other

engines," huffed Rusty.

This was no time for a

chat with a helicopter.

- Well done! Cheers!

And keep up the good work!

(helicopter whirring)

- [Narrator] "Cheeky

chopper," muttered Rusty.

"Not long now,"

encouraged the driver,

"we'll soon be at

the top station!"

Peter Sam and Sir Handel

were glad to see Rusty.

Even so, Sir Handel

wouldn't stop grumbling.

The cars didn't like Sir Handel

and wanted to play

tricks on him.

(train tracks screeching)

"No one understands our

feelings," empathized Gordon.

"Now if you were ill, you

couldn't shunt cars, could you?"

"Good idea," replied Sir Handel,

"I'll try it!"

He did so next morning.

"I don't feel well," he groaned.

There wasn't time

to examine him,

so some of his cars were coupled

behind Peter Sam's coaches.

Rusty promised to

follow with the rest.

Peter Sam didn't

mind the extra work.

He left his coaches

at the station

and trundled cheerfully on.

Soon they reached the quarry

where the cars were needed.

Empty cars at the

bottom of the slope

are hitched to a cable.

Loaded ones at the top

are hitched to another.

By their weight, loaded cars

run down the steep slope

pulling the empty ones up.

(playful music)

Peter Sam duly waited at

the bottom of the slope

for the loaded cars.

He never bumped cars

unless they misbehaved,

but the loaded cars

couldn't see him properly.

They thought he was Sir Handel.

Their chance for

trickery had come.

"Faster, faster!" They yelled.

"No, no!" Wailed the empty cars,

"it's Peter Sam!"

But it was no use.

"Hoorah, hoorah!"

Roared the cars.

Peter Sam shut his eyes.

(crashing)

"Beep, beep," wailed Peter Sam.

Rusty was working near by

and came to help

clear up the mess.

"Bust my buffers,"

exclaimed Rusty.

"Never mind, Peter Sam,

we'll get you out!"

Peter Sam felt battered,

his funnel was cracked

and his boiler dented.

"Thank you, Rusty," he sighed

and limped slowly home.

(wheels turning)

"I'm sorry about your

accident," said Sir Handel.

"I always stand well

back. Cars don't like me."

- Why didn't you warn me?

- I didn't think!

- You never do!

You can start thinking now

while you're doing Peter Sam's

work as well as your own.

That'll teach you to

pretend you were ill.

- [Narrator] Sir Handel did

start thinking about Gordon.

When the wreckage

was cleared away,

Rusty set off along the line.

(helicopter whirring)

"Splendid to see you

again," whizzed Harold.

"I'm completing my

evening's look about."

- Well done, cheers!

And keep up the good work!

- [Narrator] And the little

diesel purred back home.

("Thomas the t*nk

Engine Theme Song")